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g++++ +H+++++++++++++ + M.H+Hf+++++4-b++++ _++jr. ll 3 " H??? ' CHAPTER VILâ€"(Cont’d) Derrick muttered something not complimentary to the newcomer, but the next instant he was ex~ changing a warm handclasp with Sir Humphrey; while Nancy, scarcely knowing what she said. hurried away to coax some red I‘JS- es from Mr. Murdock, the autoc :a. tic head gardener of Ripstone Hall. “Well, Derry, my boy, and so your mother is coming down to- day? God bless me, _what years since I have seen Ann-e! We must make her as comfortable as we can, you know, but I am afraid she will find it very quiet.” “Don’t you worry about her, Uncle Humphrey; rest assured my mother will have the best of 6 very- .thing, wherever she may be.” Darnley spoke dryly, though not unaffectionately; but had Sir Humâ€" phrey been more observant, he must have noticed that there was an air of suppressed excitement about his nephew, and that Mr. Darnley’s gray eyes were fixed per- sistently in one direction. “What are you going to doâ€"-meet your mother? Oh! well, I suppose ought to go too. Yesâ€"yes, my boy, I must treat Anne with all due I respect, so we had better be off ati once; not that May, this is the’ nearest to the stables.” But Derrick Darnley, mutter- ing something ab0ut returning is a moment, rushed down a side path after that slender, blueâ€"robcd fig- ure, leaving Sir Humphrey a little amazed, but not all all enlightenâ€" ed. A few strides brought the young man up to Nancy’s'sid-e; he had no chance of speaking to her privateâ€" ly, for just in front of them stood 'the mighty Mr. Murdock himself. His back was, fortunately, turned to them, however, and, by a clever movement, Darnley got that red umbrella at a com enient angle. “Nancy,” he said, in eager haste, “I must speak to you when I come backâ€"I must, my darling! Iâ€"I cannot wait any longer! Oh! you understand me, my dearest, do you not? Yes, I read it in your eyes-â€" those exquisite, maddening eyes! I love youâ€"I love you, Nancy, my . own, my darling one!”â€"and, as the soft, eager words died away, he stooped and touched her half-part- ed lips. “Meet me by..the lower lake this afternoon about seven. You can slip away from the crowd easily,” he murmured, in low, ten- der tones. “My loveâ€"my darling: you will not fail me!” Once again his lips pressed hers, and then, before she realized that it was no heavenly dream, he had disappeared, and Mr. Murdock was! at her elbow with the roses she re- quired. - ’3’: 9‘: 96 9(- * It had been a freak of Dorothy’s that she and Nancy should be dressed exactly alike at the tennis tournament; and, despite our heroâ€" ine’s expostulations and gentle re- ' sistance, this desire was carried out. The dresses chosen were both of. Parisian make, being a delicate shade of pink silk, draped with the finest lawn, and trimmed with Vaâ€" lenciennes lace; a large shady hat, with a bunch of the most natural- looking pink roses, was sent to be! OR, A LOOK INTO THE PAST +'-o-’+oo~'+m.+4-+o-+-r+-o-+-¢u+oo-+~o~+ + -o»+ce-+co+oo¢xo+oo+-oa+uo+-eo+ -o- v} To ~__â€" F. l ll all: L e.+*+w+«-+«~+-+++~+++« dearest! how can you ask me such a question? Love you? There is no- thing on this earth I would not do lcourtesy that was making .Derry’s for you, Dorothy! ’ “Then you will oblige me by re- fraining from talking in the future as you have talked this morning. There”~â€"with another kissâ€"“now we will never mention the subject again. Look at ourselves, Nancy. Don’t we look too sweet for words?” “There will be no one .to com- pare with you, dear,” Nancy said, softly. ' . “Except you; and I am not jeal- ous of you.” , ' _ Dorothy slipped her hand from Nancy’s arm, and went to the winâ€" dow. - “There go Aunt Anne and Derry. I wonder ifâ€"if he will like these dresses, Nancy? He is a great au- thority on’ dress, you know.” There was a pretty tinge of pink on Dorothy’s cheeks, but Nancy had grown rosy red.‘ ~ . She only dimly heard Dorothy talking; her mind was back in the rose garden. .She saw those two dark-gray eyes, drawing, as it were, her very soul'through her own blue ones. She felt only the indescribable enthralment of his presence, his touch on her lips. All else was forgottenâ€"buried in this blissful ectasy. Dorothy’s pathetic eagerness to please her Cousin was completely lost. She knew nothing, saw no- thing, heard nothing, but Derryâ€",â€" Derry’s love, his passionate, tender voice, murmuring his words of love in her ear. " “There, now we are ready. Come along, Nancy; we must go down. I have to introduce you to Aunt Anne and everybody. I wanted» you to meet her this morning, but I could not find you. What did you do with yourself, pray, mademoiselle?” “I went into the village. I want- ed to_ see Mrs. Wortley.” Nancy’s voice Was low and hur- ried; it sounded strange in her own ears. “Naughty girl! If I had only known it, what a scolding you would have had! No wonder I thought you looking pale just now.” “Oh, Dolly!” And Nancy belied that accusa- tion by blushing deeply again. And then she followed Dorothy downstairs, and out on the lawn. “And who are these, pray?” inâ€" quired Mrs. Darnley of her son, as she beheld the‘two dainty forms ap- proaching. , _ “Don’t you recognize Dorothy?” “Ah! so it is; but the other?” Mrs. Darnley put up her gold eyeâ€" glasses and surveyed Nancy through them carefully. “Surely, that is not G1. lys Leicester’s girl, Derrick?” “That is Miss Hamilton.” Derry said it very hurriedly, but his voice would thrill. “Miss Hamilton!” Mrs. Darnley dropped her g‘lass. “My dear Der- rick, what a lamentable thing! I quite agree with Lady Merefield, Humphrey should be confined in a lunatic asylum. Did any one ever hear of such utter madness? And to carry it to this pitch! An unâ€" known girl, coming from the gut- ter, to be decked out identically . g . . . worn With each of these dresses, and With Dorothy, as if she were, 1n the two girls also carried the most exquisite pink sunshades. The; effect was indescribany charming} both to Dorothy’s golden hair and5 very truth, her sister! Oh, I must speak to Humphrey without delay !” “Do you think it womanly, or 'ust, mother, to condemn an inno- fair loveliness, and Nancy’s russet ' cent girl in this harsh and unmerci- locks and cream-white skin. “Yes. it is very beautlful, dear. ful way?” . Mrs. Darnley looked at her son’s and I must confess I look nice,” face with its drawn brows and hot Nancy said. as Dorothy led her to flush of anger. the long mirror in triumph, and showed her her “but I don’t feel happy in it. am not you, dear, nor am I your jestically away, own reflection; man, apparently,” she ' I coldly, and with that she sailed ma- “Humphroy is not the only mad- observed, just as Dorothy ’sister. I haVe no right to this splen- and Nancy were approaching her. dor. After all, I am only a bird in borrowed plumes, and someâ€"” “Where is Aunt Anne going? I want to introduce Nancy to her,” But here Dorothy Leicester plac- Dorothy saidf as they reached Mr. ed her hand lips, and then silenced them with a kiss. “You dare Nancy! You dare! My sister !â€"- my dear, darling sister! I mean to let all the world know you as you really are.” She kissed the trembling lips again. “You love me, Nancy ?” she asked. “.ove you!” repeated Nancy, with denesf. edeOD. “Oh, my to talk over her rebellious Darnlcy’s sic. c. “She has forgotten to greet Lady Merefield,” he answered, quickly, like that, feeling a desperate longing to crush lNancy .in, his arms, and so defy his mother and all the world. Dorothv frowned slightly. ' §br§eli§s quickly stops coudhs. cures colds: heals the throat and lungs. v a -c. coats. ‘ “Well, there is plenty of time, Nancy,” she observed. “Aunt Anne is going to stay here some time, so papa tells me.” 7 There was not an excess of plea- sure about Miss Leicester as- she remarked this, affactwhich Darn- ley noticed at once. , - ., Nancy, fortunately, _.saw . nothing wrong. She was so enveloped "in the wonderful, 'the'delicious sensaL tions that had lingered with her ever since the early morning, and now deepened as she stood 'in her _ lover’s presence again, that her _-; , usually keenperception was dull ' ' ‘- to the factthat' Mrs. Darnley .had. lmoved aWay purposely to avoid her, land treated' her, with a, want of “ 2“, as“? illsâ€"long troubles. The new evacuentln _ ‘ National Drug and Chemical Co , we! m.was:nswenwaaosea cases cured, and all ot blood boil; but as Nancy did not dare lift her eyes to his face, his .. contracted brow and, vexed‘look, ' i were lostflon her. ' - “Nancy, » we, _ must separate,” Dorothy said. as carriage load after , .5 carriage load drove. up to the en- ' I trance and deposited groups of de- ' licately attired ladies :on the'lawn. “I must stayhere. Will you'go to. the tents? Papa. willvprescnt, you . to every one you do. not. kn0\3r,’:zalâ€"’f.““ ‘ i V 'f .y" , , I me, won’t you?” 18,, d . -. ; Mr. Darnley had made half aigladiss1:13:13;nghidsgirglumphrey S movement to aCCOmPany Nancys but “There will be a fight ” he said , he was obliged stop at his cou~ to himself, with half a Sigh_uthére . sin’s request. must be a fi 1 " ' ‘ _ ‘ i _ g1t,but.I shall con 11er. ‘ filers. cnmlns Memefielckl), fEIIYIPMT And what if I do not? Why nizled I Dare to 0 Ownyou a_?“" h“? "’ care? I have my darlingâ€"her love dog on the day, _h0 531“, langlnd‘fis all I ask' for with her b 111' lv. his eyes dwelling on the vanish-! ' ’ ' y y . . , ,side I can face the world overt mg form that wasdearer‘ to hnnfhard work, I care not w’hgt,” X’ 211311;, 111: 1133' (I‘DY‘I’IH Em“ be kmd! And then he roused himself to go . 0“ 1m 0' 3y, 9 .Y- , " iamong the chattering, laughing I I at?“ geys‘fimdio hlm, 113101‘fgirls, all eager for the tennis afâ€" by I“; 01' : “t, e 1" sue a & fray, and paid his ecurt to the dow- O‘fie- . . . . agers. with all his usual grace of ’Few women consrder it a bore manner, tonbe loved.” - The Misses Chester were in ex- It depends _0n Who loves them)” uberant spirits, rushing about, clad Dorothy Feplled, SOftly, «'1 tiny in scanty white flannel garments, bIUSh CQIQIDSlQ her Cheeks; then, with extraordinary caps'on their very hurrle-dly, Just as She Went 110 heads, and useful, though by no meet her guests, “Derry, Aunt means ornamental, shoes on their Anne means to be nasty about large feet Nancy, and I won’t stand it. I Lady 'Burton surveyed her pro- give you falr warning that I shall geny with much maternal pride. be very disagreeable if she is rude “How devoted Lord Mex-afield is to Nancyâ€"she is very dear to me.” to my dear Ella! Do you observe “An-fl If She Is dear 1‘0 Dorothy, them?” she remarked to Mrs. what is she to me?” communed Darnley, totally blind to the fact Darnley Wlth hlmSelf, as he Si}00d that poor Lord Merefield was being for an 1115mm? alone- “My darhng ! towed aboutâ€"there is no other word there. seems 1 some marvellous fas- Ifor itâ€"by the energetic Ella, his clnatlon about herâ€"She seems to face looking as sullen and cloudy have beWItched me: I feel as though las the proverbial thunderstorm. I" could fold her in my arms now] Mrs. Darnley smiled with a and carry her away from everybody. scarcely concealed sneer. There is nothing I would notdo for “It is a pity,” she said, 13,001,; her; she Will find me her knight as Cally, “that Merefield has nothing well as her lovor. If any one dal‘c with which to support his proud ‘50 insuu‘l her, they muSt answer :00 old title. His father might have me-feVen 1f It be my own mother-H lleft him at least a pretence of an His eyes went to that mother’s income; as it is, he must marry' form asshe stood haughty, regal- money!” ly tall and handsome; he knew that But Lady Burton was impervious 1f Anne Darnley lqved any Qne on to the broad hintâ€"money or no, he earth She loved 111m; that If any possessed a coronet, and that was 9 worldly heart, he alone was that person; yet his own heart failed . quickly stops cougjhs, cures whim heals him. He thought or Nancy, and re- “"3 “3w” afldlunfis- 25 cents. human creature could strike a spark of womanly feeling and warmth from the cold, proud, Which is Your thrice ‘2? Sloppy, leaky wooden troughs, or clean, durable Concrete P \‘i/ooden drinking troughs are about as reliable as the weather. 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